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Article: SINK OR SWIM; SPECIAL ON THE DIET PILL REVOLUTION.(Features)

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Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
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October 16, 1996
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Fatties have always been cursed as everybody's favourite joke.

But the truth is that being overweight is no laughing matter ... it's a killer disease.

Britain is currently in the grip of an obesity epidemic - the number of people suffering from extreme overweight has doubled in the last 10 years.

But now a new generation of fatbuster slimming pills has revolutionised the diet industry.

And they promise a miracle cure to beat the bulge - without a diet or calorie control sheets.

For many of us , this medical Holy Grail has arrived not a moment too soon. The ...

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